By now you know Hearts and Laserbeams is your go-to for graphic design, art and illustration. But did you know we also offer professional photo editing and color correction services?

I spent time last week working on some photo edits for this week’s CAbi Canary, which is a great blog that showcases the CAbi (Carol Anderson by Invitation) line alongside fashion and lifestyle inspiration. I got the green light to share the before and afters with you, and I’m excited to share that photo editing is more than just airbrushing the rear end off Beyonce!

A lot of the photo editing process is correcting the yellow or blue tint that happens when a camera isn’t white balanced before taking the picture. Note the overly yellow tones of the before picture, and the more neutral whites I was able to achieve through the wonders of Photoshop. The model’s clothes were also color-corrected to uniformly match the company’s look book, so customers don’t think they’re ordering a greyish purple sweater from their CAbi rep and get a surprise when a lavender sweater arrives!

Great photo editing does more than fix that yellow tone, though. Zooming in on the original before photo here, I discovered all kinds of little pieces of lint on the model’s skirt and removed them piece by piece. If your business is selling clothes, they need to look tip top! It’s also all about fixing little things in the background that may not be super noticeable at first, but look so much better when they’re touched up. Look in the background of the before picture, and you’ll see an open desk drawer with paper sticking out of the top of it. In the after picture? Drawer neatly closed.

Here’s another example of adjusting the photo’s color and tones, as well as major tweaks to the clothing colors. The pieces looked so much different from the actual clothing colors in the original photo! You’ll notice in these examples, also, a bit of editing on the models as well. Time and care is taken to whiten teeth and eyes where needed, correct skin tone, and smooth out any super shiny bits.

That being said, if you’ve got a picture you’ve taken for your xmas card that could use some photo editing love hit us up! No job is too small. We’re also available to make your Photoshop dreams come true – have a picture in your head that you’d like to put together for a friend or family member this Christmas? We can make great things happen. Check out this picture where I made my husband Mr. T:

The above Mr. T pic isn’t my best work, but it might be my funniest. I did this one a couple of years ago, and if I did it again it would turn out even better! It’s just one of my favorite examples of the funny things you can do with a little Photoshop.